Stories must be on the theme of the convention – “Secrets”. They must be a maximum of 2000 words and contain a speculative element. Otherwise, the sky is the limit. Stories that fail in any of these elements will be judged ineligible.

Information will be added as our intrepid spies relay their findings from deep and dangerous undercover.

Canberra – October 2009 – Conflux is on again for lovers of horror, fantasy and sf.

Conflux 6 is digging up Secrets from many times and places, with a particular fondness for secrets of the Louisiana bayous.

There is a flavoursome bridging of three time periods in thee centuries. How did this happen? Did someone leave the tardis on, or is it just ghosts dancing the timewarp again in their tatty fishnet stockings

The 1940s jazz almost covers the blood curdling howls, while you sip your excellent vintage cocktail. Gorgeous costumes and good conversation distract you from those misty glimpses of mercifully forgotten … secret things.

At the stately dinner, where you’ll be served fine 1880s French Louisianna cuisine, you’ll hear whispers of scandals.

Shh! We know there are pirates lurking in the Contraband Bayou – but what other secrets does the bayou hold? What was that thing that went bump in the night? And who was that body someone found last week, the one draped in Spanish moss? Looks like someone must have bled it right out though the neck.